NB Community Harvest Gardens will provide inclusive space for all citizens to garden together within the City of Fredericton. We will create a shared vision to work collaboratively and to cultivate a place for individuals, families and friends to learn about and to experience the rewards of gardening – “to grow food, grow minds and grow community”. Objectives: (Grow Food) To enrich the soil and preserve the land through hands-on responsible gardening practices; (Grow Minds) To teach each other sustainable gardening techniques; (Grow Community) To encourage the building of cooperation and friendships.
- Author/Origin:
- NB Community Harvest Gardens
A great website with a trail planner, accommodations directory, trail maps and pictures – everything you need to plan some outdoor exploration. Make sure to look for their trail locator mobile app in the Apple App Store and Google Play! The trail locator is also available on their website.
- Author/Origin:
- NB Trail
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the recreation and parks field by broadening the knowledge and experience base of its members and by advocating for the value and benefit of leisure and recreation opportunities for all people. The organization provides educational opportunities, offers resource materials, distributes a broad range of information through its publications, and acts as a voice for the recreation and parks movement in New Brunswick.
- Author/Origin:
- Recreation NB
The Seniors Advisory Committee aims to strengthen the development and delivery of services by the Fredericton Police Force to seniors in the greater Fredericton area.
Goals of the SAC:
- Provide advice and guidance on the development and delivery of initiatives for seniors.
- Support the Fredericton Police Force in delivering services to seniors.
- Act as a sounding board for new ideas.
- Relate to other stakeholder organizations with an interest in seniors.
- Participate in training sessions for stakeholder organizations.
- Serve as a forum to identify and discuss barriers to effective involvement by seniors in ownership of their own safety and security.
- Serve as a forum to identify and celebrate successes.
- Take a proactive role in identifying Fredericton’s senior’s safety and security needs.
- Bring forward ideas for improvement of existing initiatives.
- Promote the importance of a safe and secure environment for seniors.
- Author/Origin:
- Fredericton City Council
The Gaia Project believes that students learn best when engaged in doing. They call this Project-Based Learning, where students are empowered to find a creative solution to a problem that has very little in the way of constraints. The Gaia Project wants students to be the ones setting goals, and subsequently finding, recommending and implementing solutions within their schools, with the teacher acting as a facilitator in this process. The Gaia Project also believes in what they call Realistic Environmentalism – being solution-focused, and recognizing that not everybody wants to or can live a lifestyle with minimal impact. We need to present solutions that work from a technological, social, environmental and economic perspective in order to achieve this. With this in mind, all of the Gaia projects aim to incorporate three key principles symbolizing their focus on realistic environmentalism and project based learning: Data-Informed Decisions – they want students to be able to explain why, and quantify the effect of each decision they made along the way to their final solution; Economic Assessments – students are expected to be able to assess the cost effectiveness of their solutions, and be able to optimize their projects with limited budgets; Environmental Impact and Lifecycle Assessments – students need to take a holistic view to their projects by looking at the whole life cycle of their projects.
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- Author/Origin:
- The Gaia Project
The Ville aims to provide local communities the opportunity to learn, share and grow. By offering a place where learning, recreation, and sustainability are the main focus, their goal is to ensure that people experience what it means to be responsible, successful members of a community. The Ville is a place to encourage and support community members to utilize their strengths and gifts in improvement of day to day life in the community through arts and culture, wellness, education and nature. To accomplish this, The Ville has mentors, volunteers, and staff who are more than willing to help you with anything that you need. Along with their staff, you have the ability to learn from passionate industry professionals during workshops and classes offered all year long.
Stay in touch with The Ville on Facebook.
- Author/Origin:
- The Ville Cooperative
This Fredericton-based community organization aims at enriching our communities through Volunteerism; to promote and celebrate volunteerism; to build capacity for effective local volunteerism through education and partnership; to provide leadership on issues relating to volunteerism; to create volunteer connections for a stronger community. Volunteer Greater Fredericton provides information on current volunteer opportunities for volunteers interested in contributing to their community in the area. They also provide much needed services to community members and partners.
Check their Facebook page regularly for volunteer opportunities postings.
- Author/Origin:
- Volunteer Greater Fredericton
A local volunteer organization aimed at connecting residents of Oromocto and its surrounding area with local organizations who need a helping hand. Their goal is to develop community and a sense of place, whether it’s helping new residents settle in or providing current residents with opportunities to explore town and try new things.
Follow them on Facebook for regular updates and volunteer opportunities.
- Author/Origin:
- Volunteer Oromocto and Area
